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Post by dscarter1975 on Mar 11, 2016 21:39:45 GMT
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Post by ace5150 on Mar 11, 2016 21:49:28 GMT
RIP Keith, an innovator, a pioneer and a great showman. What an awful year this has been.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Mar 11, 2016 21:57:04 GMT
He'll be up there now in that great gig in the sky with Bowie, Lemmy and George Martin.
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Post by flyingsquad on Mar 12, 2016 10:58:40 GMT
Not a fan but an awful way to go.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Mar 12, 2016 14:46:19 GMT
He did loads of stuff but this is what I'll remember him best for.
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Deus est regit qui omnia.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2016 14:55:25 GMT
Not a fan but an awful way to go. Absolutely agree. RIP. |
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Deus est regit qui omnia.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2016 2:01:17 GMT
RIP Keith
I have a tape of an ELP song "Fanfare for the Common Man" containing his keyboard work
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Post by Portland Road on Mar 17, 2016 6:46:22 GMT
'Fanfare For The Common Man' is a good rock single, and very accessible to the general audience. When you see the promo film (at Montreal stadium IIRC, before a gig) accompanied by the song, it oozes the Sweeney-period 70s....  Whereas a lot of other Emerson Lake & Palmer music is heavier-going, and more difficult to get into. When listening to it, you can see why prog rock got an 'overblown' reputation. ELP were the ultimate manifestation of this, to the extent they went beyond prog into so-called 'pomp rock'. Though I should listen to some of their work again for a re-appraisal. They weren't all bad, e.g. 'Still....You Turn Me On' was a Led Zep style ballad by Greg Lake. The individual members also did good work in the period immediately prior to ELP; Emerson was in The Nice, Lake in King Crimson and Palmer in The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown/Atomic Rooster. All wrote or performed on great tracks in this groundbreaking period. |
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